Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:42:38 +0000 From: Joe Gwinn Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Full video of ship hitting and destroying the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:42:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: <6604f7e3$0$897428$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 67 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-EgNKlLvDncwL/DX0tV2Z00DahJ561tV4/Idc42jrwPToOPkBPPmpOBvn/T7gbFfBTK3uFETVsj7UNmv!X/gdozGA1UkSk+MhCmxFE6tdfYWYiRSlf6KkZzLeVRvNbK5Kmjj1EOzAlmSPSOeo69KY++U= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4221 On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 08:43:37 -0700, Don Y wrote: >On 4/1/2024 8:05 AM, Joe Gwinn wrote: >> On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 20:27:34 -0700, Don Y >> wrote: >> >> [snip] >>>>> Distressing to see "old folks" who just put it in reverse and HOPE >>>>> (it appears many elderly have problems rotating their heads that far) >>>> >>>> It is possible. >>> >>> I suspect it is the case. As I get older, I am more observant of still older >>> folks' physical and mental "conditions". The "don't look backwards while in >>> reverse" syndrome seems to be very real. >> >> It is. I'm in my 70s, and no longer can look over my shoulders, so I >> try to maneuver the car enough to see for instance oncoming traffic >> when entering a highway. My wife also has this problem, but a bit >> less so. > >Is this because of accretions on the vertebrae? Stenosis? etc. >I.e., is it "just uncomfortable" or is it mechanically not possible? >(e.g., my elbow was broken, as a child, and a bone spur mechanically >prevents me from touching my shoulder; no pain, it just feels like >you're trying to open a door and something is in the way) > >Said another way, can exercise/PT help you regain that motion? >Or, would an orthopedic surgery be required (as in my case)? It doesn't hurt, but it's mechanically impossible. Don't know the exact cause, but it's quite common. >> Nor is it possible to see backwards out of modern cars, which have >> become far too aerodynamic, with tiny misplaced rear windows, so we >> depend on those backup cameras. Which can be rendered useless by >> slush or droplets of water on the lens. > >We have neither of those problems. SUV (which is the modern day version >of a station wagon) has a full/upright pane of glass at the rear. >Likewise, many folks driving pickups, Yukons, Esplanades, Jeeps, etc. >(she wanted an SUV because all the other cards towered above her little >sedan!) My wife and I both got small SUVs for that reason. And cataract surgery really helped. Still cannot see out the back - tunnel vision, very deceptive. I originally drove straight into my down-sloping driveway, and backed back out. One fine day I almost ran over an elderly neighbor by backing into him. He could not move fast enough to escape. I saw him just in time in the side mirror. Now I back in, and drive out, because I can see far better, in both directions. >[Though we did have to remove the headrests from the rear seats >as they stood up too high to interfere with vision] I would think that the headrests could be folded down. Ours are foldable. Joe Gwinn